Fayaz Bukhari
SRINAGAR: Army today said that they have called off concerted search operations
in Keran sector near the Line of Control (LoC) with Pakistan in North
Kashmir.
The General Officer Commanding (GOC) Northern Army command, Lt General
Sanjive Chachara told a news conference here. “I have now given the
direction to call off concerted search but our counter-insurgency
deployment is being strengthened. We are now going to launch
operations which are intelligence based, which are surveillance based
so that we can eliminate and meet the challenges.”
The army commander said: “There was a desperate attempt of
infiltration in Keran sector during 10 to 14 days at multiple points.
We had very specific intelligence of their operation. We knew they
were coming and we were prepared for it. Some of these infiltration
attempts have been eliminated and some of them have been foiled. We
had eight terrorists killed and 59 major weapons including 18 AK
Rifles and war like stores recovered.”
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